samedi 2 juin 2012

Obernewtyn T.1 : Obernewtyn - Isobelle Carmody - VO

Quatrième de Couverture :

In my dreams I was
somewhere cold and darkly quiet. I could hear water dripping and I was
afraid, though I did not know why. In the distance there was a bright
flash of light. A high-pitched whining noise filled the air like a
scream, but no one could scream for so long without stopping to breathe.

In
a world struggling back from the brink of apocalypse, life is harsh.
But for Elspeth Gordie, born with enhanced mental abilities that would
see her sterilised or burned if discovered, it is also dangerous. There
is only survival by secrecy, and so she determines never to use her
forbidden powers. But it is as if they have their own imperative, and
their use inevitably brings her to the attention of the totalitarian
Council that rules the Land.

Sent to the remote mountain
institution of Obernewtyn where escape is impossible, she must throw off
her safe cloak of concealment and pit herself against those who would
resurrect the terrible forces of the apocalypse